Tag: corona
Moderna Covid Vaccine Nears Approval, FDA Confirms Safety
As America begins a historic vaccination campaign, the US Food and Drug Administration posted a preliminary analysis confirming the safety and effectiveness of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Moderna in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health, bringing it ever closer to an emergency use authorisation. ....
French President Emmanuel Macron Tests Positive For COVID-19
French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the Elysee Palace confirmed in a statement on Thursday, joining a long list of world leaders to be infected with the disease. ....
India's Covid Tally 99,79,447 With 22,890 New Cases
With 22,890 new Coronavirus infections and 338 deaths in the past 24 hours, India's overall tally stood at 99,79,447 on Friday, while the death toll reached 1,44,789, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. ....
US Reports Over 4 Lakh Coronavirus Cases In 24 Hours
In yet another grim development amid the raging coronavirus pandemic, the US reported an all-time number of single-day confirmed cases, according to health authorities. ....
Less Than 20K New Covid Cases Recorded In India
For the first time since first week of July, India on Tuesday recorded its lowest number of daily cases, which were 10,000 less than the number of recoveries, even as the tally went past 1,00,75,000 cases. ....
Delhi Govt Forms Panel To 'de-escalate' Covid-dedicated Beds
As the third-wave of the coronavirus infection in the national capital has completely ebbed, the Delhi government has set up a four-member committee to make recommendations on reducing the number of hospital beds earmarked for the treatment of Covid-19 patients and re-initiation of non-Covid services. ....
Aurobindo Pharma & Covaxx To Develop Corona Vaccine For India, UNICEF
Aurobindo Pharma Limited and Covaxx, a US-based company, have entered into an Exclusive License Agreement to develop, commercialize and manufacture UB-612, the first Multitope Peptide-based vaccine to fight Covid-19, for India and the UN Children's Fund (Unicef) agency. ....
COVID: Zydus Cadila Vaccine Found Safe In Clinical Trials
Zydus Cadila announced on Thursday that its plasmid DNA vaccine to prevent COVID-19 - ZyCoV-D - was found to be safe, well tolerated and immunogenic in the phase I and II clinical trials. ....
Karnataka To Reopen Schools Partially From January 1
Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Monday gave his assent for the state sticking to the earlier decision to partially reopen schools from January 1, 2021 onwards. ....
Ex-Himachal CM's Wife Dies After Testing Covid Positive
Two-time Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Shanta Kumar's wife Shailja died of a heart attack early Tuesday in a hospital. She was earlier diagnosed with coronavirus, doctors said. ....
